Just the day before yesterday, 1,500 migrants tried to enter Greece from EuroThis was stated by the Minister for the Protection of Citizens. Takis TheodorikakosAt the same time, he noted that a very large escalation has been recorded in recent days.

“For 24 hours and mostly at night, 1,500 migrants tried to enter Greece from the island of Evros alone,” he said in an interview with SKAI TV channel.

Mr. Theodorikakos spoke of organized interests and accused Turkey of using immigrants as tools to push them towards the border. According to him, 60 human traffickers have been arrested in the past few days.

Some people want the Greek police to be “boatmen,” Mr. Theodorikakos also said, while noting that “they should stop dreaming that we will open the borders and make them a free vine.”

Referring to a document from the General Staff of the Army, he said that the coordinates of the island in Evros, where the migrants are located, are outside the territory of Greece, and called on the leader of the official opposition, Alexis Tsipras, to apologize for what he said last time. several days. “Today, he must clearly state whether he respects and accepts what the leadership of the country’s Armed Forces says,” he said, addressing the President of SYRIZA.

Mr. Theodorikakos reiterated that the statements of Turkish Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu were provocative. Greece trains PKK members in Lavrion. He once again stressed that Mr. Soylu’s statements had nothing to do with reality.

Fence extension in Evros

The intention of the government to expand the fence on the Evros River by 80 kilometers was confirmed yesterday by the Minister of Immigration and Asylum, Notis Mitarakis. He pointed out that Greece would not become an “open vineyard” and insisted that “Turkey is not a country at war”. With this rejection, the minister defended his repeated position that immigrants arriving from Turkey could be returned to it.

A corresponding request has already been submitted to the European Union for the use of community funds for a specific project, but the European Commission does not seem to have granted the request. An important deterrent is the fact that in the event that Greece receives funding to expand the existing fence, similar requests will be expressed by other Member States who actually want to build much longer structures, which require a lot of funds. . However, the government stressed that it is ready to continue the expansion project even without EU financial assistance, using national funds.